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Pentaho Goes Humongous Over MongoDB

Thu, 24 May 2012 20:48:00 -0400

10gen's MongoDB to collaborate with business analytics technology

We Who Value Simplicity Have Built Incomprehensible Machines

Tue, 22 May 2012 09:29:00 -0400

How creeping feature additions turn good ideas into morasses of incomprehensible options.

Developer's Reading List

Tue, 22 May 2012 08:02:00 -0400

The most interesting books of the last month, selected and reviewed by Dr. Dobb's editors.

2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Winners

Mon, 21 May 2012 12:14:00 -0400

Jack Andraka, Nicholas Schiefer, and Ari Dyckovsky take top honors.

Collaborative DevOps: Bridging the gap between development and operations with automation

Mon, 21 May 2012 11:02:00 -0400

Join this webcast, to learn how you can bridge the costly gap between development and operations with automated IBM collaborative devops solutions. As the IT and Operational complexities continue to increase exponentially with agile development pressures, leave this webcast with practical insight into how you can streamline and automate deployment and facilitate the handoffs between development and operations through better collaboration. Event Date: Thursday, May 24, 2012 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

Nvidia Debuts Nsight Eclipse Edition IDE

Wed, 16 May 2012 14:28:00 -0400

Linux and OS X compliant IDE with developer debugging tools

Software Engineers All!

Tue, 15 May 2012 12:14:00 -0400

Faking a CS degree will get you fired. Falsely claiming to be a software engineer will get you — wait, is that even possible?

Interview With Ward Cunningham

Tue, 15 May 2012 07:01:00 -0400

The creator of the Wiki dishes on the Wiki, Wikipedia's policies, OO design, technical debt, CoffeeScript and Perl, how to survive as a veteran programmer, and doing the simplest thing that could possibly work.

Testing OO Systems, Part 1

Tue, 15 May 2012 06:39:00 -0400

OO tests stimulate an object and observe that object's behavior. The tests do not look at the object's state to judge whether or not the test succeeds, they just look at the object's behavior. When I call dog.expressHappiness(), my test succeeds when I observe that wagTail() is called. I would never look inside the dog at the isHappy field.

The New Native Languages

Tue, 08 May 2012 09:45:00 -0400

D and Go are at the forefront of a new generation of native languages emerging in the space between C and C++.

New Native Languages

Tue, 08 May 2012 08:47:00 -0400

D, Go, Vala, and Rust: A new generation of native languages.

Kernels, Contexts, Threads, and Extensible Database Architecture

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:57:00 -0400

If you are building a new database management system or simply want to write better database applications, you should be aware of the extensible architecture of operating systems and database managers.

RIM BlackBerry 10 Platform Beta Arrives

Fri, 04 May 2012 17:06:00 -0400

New WebWorks SDK for HTML5/CSS3 and a native SDK (APIs)

M2M

Wed, 02 May 2012 10:43:00 -0400

Wireless Technology is Revolutionizing Transportation

Jolt Awards: The Best Testing Tools

Tue, 01 May 2012 13:00:00 -0400

The Annual Award for Best Testing Products

New Intel SDK for OpenCL Applications

Tue, 01 May 2012 12:30:00 -0400

Compute resources now straddle processors and HD graphics drivers

Oracle and the End of Programming As We Know It

Tue, 01 May 2012 06:27:00 -0400

If Oracle prevails in its claim that APIs can be copyrighted, nearly every aspect of programming will be changed for the worse.

Model Based Systems Engineering: The model is the design

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:19:00 -0400

This webcast will discuss what is needed to make model based systems engineering truly effective; and what the challenges and benefits are when you make the model the design. Event Date: Tuesday May 15, 2012 / Time: 11:00 AM PT / 2:00 PM ET

JReport 11: Data Visualization Just Got Slicker

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 05:55:00 -0400

Java reporting with live charting functions including motion, real-time, and scrollable charts.

The Humble Boolean Deserves Help

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 07:03:00 -0400

The boolean data type rarely gets the attention it merits. As a result, it's stuck in a world of exactly two values, with little margin for safety.

Type-Safe File-Based Configuration

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 07:07:00 -0400

Front loading error detection allows you to use configuration properties without having to worry about things like type mismatches, missing or illegal values, or unexpected exceptions

Tracking Small Coding Decisions

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:02:00 -0400

Most coding involves numerous small design decisions made on the fly. Tracking those decisions helps keep code clean and documentation up to date. It also says something about your design.

Qt 5 Alpha Launches: Fluid Touch Experiences

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:13:00 -0400

Widgets and classes waning, as Qt Quick now waxing

U3-X: Move Over Segway

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:54:00 -0400

Honda debuts its U3-X Personal Mobility Concept, based on ASIMO technology, in France

C Finally Gets A New Standard

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 11:23:00 -0400

Tom Plum explores the new additions to C in a series of articles, starting with language-level atomic operations and thread primitives.